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Lithium Ion Battery Cathodes: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts Worldwide, 2019 to 2024

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  • 248 Pages
  • January 2019
  • Region: Global
  • Wintergreen Research, Inc
  • ID: 4745669

The Worldwide Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market is a $7 Billion Market in 2018, and is Expected to Reach $58.8 Billion by 2024

The worldwide Lithium Ion Battery cathode market is a $7 billion market in 2018 and is expected to reach $58.8 billion by 2024.

This 2019 study has 250 pages, 119 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve continuing growth as the advantages brought by using new materials are used to decrease the cost of producing lithium ion batteries. The customization achieved by reducing the quantity of cobalt proportionally inside the cathode is a significant market growth driver. 

Lithium-ion Batteries at $100/kWh Make EVs Cheaper Than Traditional Gas-Powered Vehicles. As the new cathode technologies are applied to lithium ion batteries, the cost of lithium ion batteries will continue to decrease. Lithium-ion batteries aim to cost $100/kWh, - a cost that makes EVs cheaper than traditional gas-powered vehicles. Companies are targeting between $80/kWh and $100/kWh. Realistically companies will likely approach $100/kWh.

NMC lithium battery cathode materials are used for electric vehicles.  As the cathode markets develop toward NMC, it is clear the LFP favored by Chinese manufacturers, not suitable for electric vehicles will lose market share. Current NMC ternary lithium-ion batteries from South Korean and Japanese makers typically employ a ratio of 60% nickel to 20% manganese, and 20% cobalt (6:2:2), but as that ratio moves to 8:1:1 in 2018 and beyond, the cathode is a key element to achieving vast cost efficiencies.

On the basis of product, the market is primarily split into:

  • Cobalt
  • Manganese
  • Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NMC)
  • Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP)

Worldwide Lithium Ion Battery cathodes have many applications. On the basis on the end-users/application, this report covers:

  • Electric Vehicles
  • Drones, UAV, UUV
  • Power Tools
  • Smart Phone Equipment
  • Consumer Electronics Products
  • Other

Key Topics:

  • Cathode
  • Cobalt
  • Lithium Ion Battery
  • EV
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Drones
  • UAV
  • UUV
  • Power Tools
  • Smart Phone Equipment
  • Consumer Electronics 
  • Manganesem
  • Nickel Cobalt Manganesem
  • NMC
  • NMC 811
  • NMC 632
  • Lithium Iron PhospNMC
  • 632hate (LFP Manganese Nickel Cobalt Aluminium)

Table of Contents

1. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode: Market Description and Market Dynamics
1.1 Li-ion Battery Sub-Types
1.1.1 Nickel Manganese Cobalt
1.1.2 Nickel Cobalt Aluminum
1.2 Lithium-ion Battery Basics
1.2.1 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Description
1.2.2 Cathode Chemistry and Metal Proportions
1.2.3 Intercalated Lithium Compound
1.3 Cathode Typically 31% of Cost of Small Lithium Ion Battery
2. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Shares and Forecasts
2.1 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Driving Forces
2.2 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Shares
2.2.1 Sumitomo Monthly Production Structure
2.2.2 Umicore
2.2.3 Umicore Dedicated to NMC and Cobalt
2.2.4 Samsung
2.2.5 Panasonic
2.2.6 Easpring Material Technology Chinese NCM 622 Capacity of 2,800 tons
2.3 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Forecasts
2.3.1 Battery Materials Market
2.4 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Segments
2.5 Battery Materials Market Worth $11.3 Billion By 2018
2.6 Electric Vehicle Market
2.6.1 Automotive
2.6.2 Cobalt
2.7 Lithium Ion Batteries
2.7.1 Lithium Markets
2.7.2 Cathode Active Materials
2.7.3 EV Makers and their Suppliers
2.8 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode and Cobalt Pricing
2.8.1 Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide Linimncoo2 Powder for Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Materials-Gn-NMC
2.8.2 Linicomno2 (NCM) Powder for High Capacity Li-ion Battery Cathode, (Ni: Co: Mn=1: 1: 1) , Lib-Lncm111
2.8.3 LiFePO4 Cathode Material CAS 15365-14-7
2.9 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Regional Market Segments
2.9.1 Europe
2.9.2 China Cathode Market Participation
3. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Product Description
3.1 Lithium Battery NMC Cathodes
3.2 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Segment Analysis
3.2.1 Cost Of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes Continues To Decrease
3.2.2 Cathode Segments, NMC 532, NMC 622, NMC 811, Market Segments
3.2.3 Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes
3.2.4 Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Worldwide, 2013 - 2017
3.2.5 NMC
3.2.6 NMC and NCA
3.2.7 LFP
3.2.8 80 Percent Nickel, 10 Percent Cobalt And 10 Percent Manganese NMC 811
3.2.9 Cathode Segments by NMC, NCM, NMA, LFP, Cobalt LCO, and Specialty Cathodes, Market Segments
3.2.10 Cathode Unit Analysis in Tonnes
3.2.11 Ternary Cathode Materials (NCA/NCM)
3.3 Category : LiNiMnCo (NMC) Batteries
3.4 NMC 811 Battery Production
3.5 Electric Vehicles
3.5.1 Cars and Light Truck, Trucks and Busses Vehicle and Electric Vehicle Segment Market Forecasts,
3.5.2 Cars and Light Truck Electric Vehicle Regional Segment Market Forecasts
3.5.3 Cars and Light Truck Electric Vehicle Segment Market Forecasts, Small, Mid-Size, Luxury. And TaaS, Shipments
3.5.4 Trucks and Busses Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts
3.5.5 California Seeks to Ban Gas Burning Vehicles
3.5.6 EV Battery Manufacturing
3.5.7 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Spending by Manufacturers
3.5.8 China
3.5.9 NIO in China
3.5.10 Transport as a Service (TaaS)
3.5.11 Charging Stations
3.5.12 Electric Trucks and Busses
4 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Research and Technology
4.1 Available Battery Choices:
4.2 Lithium Cobalt Oxide(LiCoO2)
4.3 NMC
4.4 Cathode Segments
5 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Company Profiles
5.1 3M Sells NMC to Umicore
5.1.1 3M Strategic Relationship with Amperex Technologies for NMC Li-Ion Cathode Materials
5.1.2 3M Offered Three Cathode Products
5.1.3 3M NMC Transfer to Umicore
5.2 Argonne National Labs
5.3 B&M
5.4 BASF
5.4.1 BASF NCM Cathode Materials
5.4.2 BASF One Of Two Licensed Suppliers of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory-Patented NCM Cathode Materials
5.4.3 BASF and Toda Kogyo
5.4.4 BASF - ANL Collaboration on NCM Cathode Materials
5.4.5 BASF and General Motors GM NMC
5.5 BYD
5.6 Easpring
5.6.1 Easpring Revenue
5.6.2 Easpring Production Capacity
5.7 FDK
5.8 Fujitsu
5.8.1 Fujitsu Laboratories
5.9.2 FDK Corporation and Fujitsu Laboratories
5.9.3 Fujitsu Low-Cost, Cobalt-Free Lithium Rechargeable Batteries
5.9.4 Fujitsu Cathode Terminology
5.9.5 Fujitsu
5.9.6 Fujitsu Laboratories
5.10 Hitachi Chemical
5.10.1 Hitachi Lithium Ion Battery
5.11 JFE Techno-Research
5.11.1 JFE Catalyst Evaluation and Development Support
5.12 Jinhe
5.13 L&F
5.14 LG
5.14.1 LG Chem Embraces NMC 811 Cathode
5.14.2 LG Chem and 3M Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt-Oxide Cathode Patent License Agreement
5.14.3 LG Chem Supplies NMC-based Li-ion Cells For Plug-In Vehicles, Including Chevy Volt
5.15 Long Power Systems
5.16 Mitsubishi
5.17 NEI Corporation
5.17.1 NEI Cathode & Anode Powders
5.17.2 NEI Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO) Powders
5.17.3 NEI Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide (NCA) Powders
5.17.4 Lithium Manganese Nickel Oxide (LMNO / Spinel) Powders
5.17.5 NEI Custom Lithium-ion Battery Powders
5.18 Nichia
5.19 Panasonic
5.19.1 Panasonic offers Tesla Different Applications
5.19.2 Tesla Gigafactory
5.19.3 Panasonic Nickel Cobalt Aluminum and Nickel Manganese Cobalt
5.19.4 Panasonic / Tesla Cathodes
5.20 Pulead
5.21 Reshine
5.22 Samsung
5.23 Shanshan
5.23.1 Shanshan Anode Materials
5.24 SK innovation
5.25 SMM
5.25.1 SMM Cathode Material of In-Vehicle Lithium Ion Batteries
5.25.2 Nickel Powder For Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors
5.25.3 Magnetic Powder for In-Car Motor
5.25.4 Development of High-Functionality Silver-Coated Copper Powder With A Controlled Shape
5.25.5 SMM Flake-like Silver-Coated Copper Powder Characteristics
5.25.6 SMM Cobalt:
5.25.7 SMM Produces Electrolytic Cobalt
5.25.8 SMM Increasing Production of NCA
5.25.9 SMM Monthly Production Structure
5.25.10 SMM Increasing Battery Material Production In Response To Growing Demand For Electric Vehicles
5.25.11 SMM Materials Business
5.25.12 Sumitomo Metal Mining Revenue
5.25.13 Core Advantages of SMM’s Materials Business
5.25.14 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. Sales Volume of Battery Materials
5.26 Targray
5.27 Toda Kogyo
5.27.1 Toda Kogyo Revenue
5.27.2 Toda America
5.27.3 BASF and Toda Strengthen Their Collaboration
5.27.4 BASF and Toda Combine Manufacturing Activities in the United States
5.28 Umicore
5.28.1 BASF, The World’s Largest Chemical Company, Files a Law Suit Against Belgium’s Umicore
5.28.2 3M NMC Powder
5.28.3 Umicore and One of Its Customers-Japan’s Makita
5.28.4 Umicore Dedicated to NMC and Cobalt
5.28.5 Umicore Record Performance in 2017
5.28.6 Umicore Revenue
5.28.7 2017 FY Umicore Business Review Energy & Surface Technologies Including Cathodes
5.28.8 Umicore Acquires NMC Battery Material Patents from 3M
5.28.9 Umicore Boosts Capacity In Cathode Materials
5.29 Selected Lithium Ion Cathode Companies
6. The Publisher
6.1 Research Methodology
6.2 Research Process
6.3 Research Study
List of FIgures
Figure 1. Cathode Market Forecasts Dollars and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
Figure 2. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Description
Figure 3. Battery Has Graphite Anode, NMC Cathode, Lithium Electrolyte
Figure 4. Cathode Materials Ratio
Figure 5. Cathode Layered Structure
Figure 6. Cathode Chemistry and Metal Proportions
Figure 7. Cathode Typically 31% of Cost of Small Lithium Ion Battery
Figure 8. Cobalt
Figure 9. Cathodes Cost per kWh vs. $ per Gallon of Gasoline
Figure 10. Cathode Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2017
Figure 11. Cathode Market Share Positioning Descriptions, Worldwide, 2017
Figure 12. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Leading Market Participants
Figure 13. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Recent Entrants
Figure 14. Umicore 2017 FY Energy & Surface Technologies Revenue: Including Cathodes
Figure 15. Cathode Market Forecasts Dollars and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
Figure 16. Cathode Market Forecasts, Tonnes and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
Figure 17. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Factors
Figure 18. Cathode Segments, Electric Vehicle, Smart Phones, Stationary Storage / Grid, Power Tools, Laptops, Consumer Electronics, Drones / UUVs / UAVs, Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018-2024
Figure 19. Cathode Segments, Electric Vehicle, Smart Phones, Stationary Storage / Grid, Power Tools, Laptops, Consumer Electronics, Drones / UUVs / UAVs, Market Segments, Percent, Worldwide, 2018-2024
Figure 20. Cathode Segments, Military, Transportation, Energy Storage, Consumer Electronics, Worldwide, 2017
Figure 21. Cathode Material 34.7% of Battery
Figure 22. Cobalt
Figure 23. Metric Tons of Cobalt Produced in 2016
Figure 24. Global Battery Mineral Supply And Demand
Figure 25. EV Makers and their Suppliers
Figure 26. Lithium Ion Battery Cell Manufacturing Cost $/kWh
Figure 27. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Regional Market Segments, Dollars, 72 Worldwide, 2017
Figure 28. Chinese Dominate Cathode Market in 2015
Figure 29. Cathode Production Regional Segments, China Tonnes, 2017
Figure 30. Material Development of High Density Battery
Figure 31. Cathode Segments, NMC 532, NMC 622, NMC 811, Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2017
Figure 32. Cathode Market Growth, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
Figure 33. Cathode Market Growth, Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
Figure 34. Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
Figure 35. Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
Figure 36. Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Worldwide, 2013 - 2017
Figure 37. Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Percent, Worldwide, 2013 - 2017
Figure 38. Cathode Segments by NMC, NCM, NMA, LFP, Cobalt LCO, and Specialty Cathodes, Market Segments, Tons and Percent, Worldwide, 2018-2024
Figure 39. Output of Major Lithium Battery Cathode Material Manufacturers 2012-2013
Figure 40. Lithium-Ion-Batteries
Figure 41. Electric Vehicle
Figure 42. NMC 811 Battery Production
Figure 43. Cars and Light Truck, Trucks and Busses Vehicle and Electric Vehicle Segment Market Forecasts, Shipments, Percent and Units, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 44. Cars and Light Truck Electric Vehicle Regional Segment Market Forecasts, China, US, Europe, and Rest of World Shipments, Units, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 45. Cars and Light Truck Electric Vehicle Regional Segment Market Forecasts, China, US, Europe, and Rest of World Shipments, Percent Units, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 46. Cars and Light Truck Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts, Units and Percent, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 47. Cars and Light Truck Electric Vehicle Segment Market Forecasts, Small, Mid Size, Luxury. And TaaS, Units, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 48. Cars and Light Truck Electric Vehicle Segment Market Forecasts, Small, Mid-Size, Luxury. And TaaS, Shipments, Dollars and $ per Unit, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 49. Trucks and Busses Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts, Shipments, Units, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 50. Trucks and Busses Electric Vehicle Segment Market Forecasts, Light Duty Trucks, Mid Size Trucks, Large Trucks, Busses, Shipments, Units, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 51. Trucks and Busses Electric Vehicle Segment Market Forecasts, Light Duty Trucks, Mid Size Trucks, Large Trucks, Busses, Shipments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 52. Market Shares for Electric Batteries
Figure 53. Electric Vehicle Segment Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2019 - 2025
Figure 54. Available Batteries choices:
Figure 55. Nano Technology for Electrochemical Utilization of Metal Oxide
Figure 56. Cathode Improved Electric Conductivity
Figure 57. 3-D Porous Structure for Easy Access to Electrolyte Ions
Figure 58. NMC Cathode Ratio Examples
Figure 59. Li-Ion Batteries Cathode, Anode, and Other Technologies
Figure 60. Lithium Cathode Functions
Figure 61. SMM Cathode Materials
Figure 62. Lithium Cobalt Oxide(LiCoO2) Layered Structure
Figure 63. Cathode Segments, NMC 532, NMC 622, NMC 811, Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2017
Figure 64. Cathode Segments, Electric Vehicle, Smart Phones, Stationary Storage / Grid, Power Tools, Laptops, Consumer Electronics, Drones / UUVs / UAVs, Market Segments, Percent, Worldwide, 2018-2024
Figure 65. Cathode Segments, Electric Vehicle, Smart Phones, Stationary Storage / Grid, Power Tools, Laptops, Consumer Electronics, Drones / UAVs, Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018-2024
Figure 66. Cathode Segments by NMC, NCM . NMA, LFP, Cobalt LCO, Manganese LMO, and Specialty Cathodes, Market Segments, Dollars and Percent, Worldwide, 2018-2024
Figure 67. Applications for Metals Typically Contained in Lithium Ion Battery Cathode
Figure 68. Lithium Cathode Metals Markets
Figure 69. Cathode Segments by NMC, NCM . NMA, LFP, Cobalt LCO, Manganese LMO, and Specialty Cathodes, Market Segments, Tons and Percent, Worldwide, 2018-2024
Figure 70. 3M NMC Cathode Materials
Figure 71. BASF Battery Materials Positioning
Figure 72. BASF Sales by Region
Figure 73. Sales by Direct Customer Industry
Figure 74. BASF Main Competitors
Figure 75. BASF Key Capabilities
Figure 76. BASF Advanced HED™ NCM Cathode Materials For Lithium-Ion Batteries Functions
Figure 77. BASF NCM Cathode Materials
Figure 78. BASF - ANL Collaboration on NCM: BASF’s Comprehensive Battery Materials Portfolio
Figure 79. BASF NCM Production Elyria, Ohio
Figure 80. Fujitsu Charge / Discharge Curves Of Cathode Material
Figure 81. Comparison of the Energy Densities Of The New Cathode Material Versus Conventional Cathode Materials
Figure 82. Fujitsu Crystal Structure Of The Of Low-Cost, Cobalt-Free Lithium Rechargeable Batteries
Figure 83. Fujitsu Prototype Coin-Shaped Battery Crystal Structure Of The New Material
Figure 84. Fujitsu Voltage and Discharge Depth (*2) Of The Prototype Coin Battery
Figure 85. Hitachi Corporate Revenue in Trillions of Yen
Figure 86. Hitachi Materials Benchmarking
Figure 87. Hitachi Advanced Materials Revenue
Figure 88. Hitachi Advanced Materials Revenue Change
Figure 89. JFE Techno-Research Cathode Functions
Figure 90. JFE Examples of Clients' Catalyst-Related Requests
Figure 91. Structure of Rechargeable Battery
Figure 92. LG Chem Cathode Materials
Figure 93. Rechargeable Battery Components
Figure 94. 3M Cathode Charge / Discharge Profiles
Figure 95. NEI Cathode & Anode Powders
Figure 96. Cathode & Anode Tapes
Figure 97. NEI Cathode Materials
Figure 98. Nichia LiCoO2
Figure 99. Nichia Analysis of Active Materials
Figure 100. Tesla Lithium-Ion NCA Battery
Figure 101. Panasonic / Tesla NMC Battery
Figure 102. Construction of the Tesla Gigafactory Outside Reno, Nevada is shown February 18, 2015.
Figure 103. Pulead Electric Car
Figure 104. Ni-Co-Mn Material
Figure 105. SMM Ni-Co-Al Material
Figure 106. SMM High-Functionality Nickel Powder
Figure 107. SMM Sm-Fe-N Magnetic Powder
Figure 108. SMM Flake-Like Silver-Coated Copper Powder
Figure 109. SMM Cathode Materials Center
Figure 110. SMM Net Sales
Figure 111. Number of Electric Vehicles Shipped
Figure 112. SMM Core Divisions
Figure 113. Targray Cathodes
Figure 114. Umicore South Korean and Chinese Facilities
Figure 115. Umicore Volume Forecasts
Figure 116. Umicore 2017 FY Business Review: Catalysts
Figure 117. Umicore Leadership Position in NMC
Figure 118. Cut Cathode Producers
Figure 119. Cathode Makers

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • 3M
  • Argonne National Labs
  • B&M
  • BASF
  • BYD
  • Easpring
  • FDK Corporation
  • Fujitsu
  • Hitachi Chemical
  • JFE Techno-Research
  • Jinhe
  • L&F
  • LG
  • Long Power Systems
  • Mitsubishi
  • NEI Corporation
  • Nichia
  • NMC
  • Panasonic
  • Pulead
  • Reshine
  • Samsung
  • Shanshan
  • SK innovation
  • Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd (SMM)
  • Targray
  • Tesla
  • Toda Kogyo
  • Umicore